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( 4 ) For I will a challenge ſend him

And appoint where I'l attend him,

In a grove without delay

By the dawning of the day.

He will not the le diſcover,

That I am his virgin lover:

By the challenge that I ſend,

But for juſtice I'll contend

He hath caused ſad diſtraction;

and I am for ſatisfaction

Which if he denies to give.

One of us shall ceaſe to live.

Having thus her mind reveal'd;

She a letter clos'd and seal'd;

Now when it came to his hand,

The young man was at a ſtand.

In this lett'r ſhe conjur'd him

For to meet and well aſſur'd him,

Recompenſe he muſt afford.

Or diſpute it with the ſword

Having read this ſrange relation,

He was in a conſternation!

Then adviſing with a friend,

He perſuades him to attend.

Be of courage and make ready,

A faint heart ne'er won fair Lady,

I along with you I will go,

In regard it muſt be ſo.

EARL on a ſummer's morning,

When bright Ph was

Ev'ry bower with his beams,

The fair Lady came it ſeems.